Has anyone received notification about whether or not they got an 07-08 HRSA Nursing Scholarship yet? (I know it says late-september)
If you are on the first funding tier has your file been reviewed? Mine says no review has been done on it yet and I turned everything in on time. I have already called the folks at HRSA and they just said wait...
this is one of the better alternative deals that is on the same general level as the hrsa scholarship. it opens in january and the forms are due by april. the good thing is there is no washington state residency requirement and you can be attending any rn program in the us.
the health professional loan repayment and scholarship programs were created to attract and retain health professionals to serve in critical shortage areas in washington state.
the loan repayment program provides educational loan repayment assistance to licensed primary care health professionals.
the scholarship program provides financial assistance to students training to become primary care health professionals. eligible professions:
physician (md or do) (loan repayment also includes nd)
physician assistant or nurse practitioner
licensed nurse (any licensed level) (scholarship also includes faculty)
midwife (certified-nurse or licensed)
pharmacist
dentist
dental hygienist
in return for financial assistance, participants in both programs agree to provide primary care health care in rural or underserved urban areas with designated shortages for a minimum of three years.
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eligibility to apply
you must:
be employed or have a contract to begin employment at an eligible site. (to view the current site list click on the link shown below.)
submit documentation of eligible outstanding educational debt (does not include parent plus loans or loans not in your name).
be a united states citizen.
provide primary care and not specialty care.
sign a contract to serve for a minimum of three years or pay funds back at double penalty.
award
the loan repayment program provides up to $25,000 per year for a minimum of three years. the service obligation period is based on full time (40 or more hours per week) employment and is prorated for less than full time. the award amount is based on your outstanding educational debt. there is an opportunity to apply for a fourth and fifth year for up to $35,000 per year based on remaining eligible debt.
the award period is divided into quarters. credit is earned during the quarter and paid at the end of each quarter. those funds must be fully and directly applied to the approved lender(s) identified in the award notification.
how to apply
loan repayment applications are available in mid-november. there are two cycles each year. the final deadline for 2007 was july 31. for more information, click the link below to view a sample copy of the form and to read more about the application process.
if you currently work or would like to work at a facility that is not an eligible site, the following information explains the process to apply to become an eligible site.
site: a site interested in becoming eligible for loan repayment must submit an application.
you can apply for multiple professions, for recruitment and/or retention.
applications are available in july and the deadline to submit applications is the first week of september.
site applications are reviewed, scored and ranked.
eligible sites are posted with the loan repayment application in november each year.
site and profession(s) must be approved prior to the individual provider being eligible to apply.
the state department of health oversees the site application process. if you would like an application, please contact nicole fernandus.
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eligibility
eligibility - you must:
be a student training to become a primary care health professional in an eligible profession.
be a united states citizen.
have completed all prerequisite course work.
not be in default on any educational loans.
sign a promissory note agreeing to serve for a minimum of three years in a designated shortage area in washington state or pay back funds at double penalty plus interest.
award
scholarship program awards vary by educational program. the scholarship is not based on financial need and you do not have to attend a washington state school. you do not have to be a washington state resident to apply.
upon completion of your academic program:
you will have a nine month grace period to find employment that meets the program criteria. exception, medical students do not have a grace period upon completion of their residency program.
you will have a three year minimum service obligation in washington state. the service obligation period is based on full time (40 or more hours per week) employment and is prorated for less than full time.
you will be required to return service confirmation forms at the end of each quarter.
how to apply
scholarship program applications are available in january and due in april. click the link below to see a sample of the application.
I am a received the scholarship award on last year and they will award in October. It will be worth the wait, because they back pay from August. I think that I received about 3000.00 plus the 1 time living allowance for books, which brought everything to be about 4000.00..The only thing is that if you have received a student loan and was given a refund after your fees were paid. You will not be able to submit payment reimbursement for this semester.
Really!?! So if this semester is already paid for by loans ($8,000) I will not get tuition money and not be able to give the loan company back their $8,000?
Just wanted to say I haven't heard back from HRSA either. I had a HUGE mess with those two forms they gave us 2 days to get in a few weeks ago. I kept getting different information from the people at HRSA and they didn't seem to have it together. Plus, my school didn't put my name on that one form they were responsible for! I couldn't believe it (partly, it's HRSA's fault; shouldn't they have a place for the student's name on the form after all?)! So that form didn't make it until the following Tuesday. I was told I'd be disqualified by one person at HRSA and another told me there was no way that was true!
Yeah, basically you will lose any potiential for reinbursement if you have already paid for tuition in full. I put mine on a payment plan (spread over 3 months), in order to have the government pay for it all if I happend to get the scholarship. You might beable to convince your school to refund your loan money, and then have them bill the government for all applicable bills.
Specializes in Respiratory Step Down, telemetry, hospice.
Although you might not get your actual tuition paid, the recipient's of the scholarship will still receive the monthly stipend and the also, I believe the "other reasonable costs" monies.Either way, if you KNOW you can give 2 years for every year of tuition paid for, even if this semester it is only the monthly stipend and ORC it still is a scholarship worth applying for. I would just hate for some people to receive it over others and then they back out of their service obligation.
On another note----the announcements do start coming this week and they will continue on into early October....so if you do not hear this week, do not assume you are not getting it.
Specializes in Respiratory Step Down, telemetry, hospice.
Sorry---ORC stands for "other reasonable costs"...I meant that even if they do not pay your tuition this semester if you receive the scholarship, they will still give you the stipend amount and I believe the other reasonable costs amount which from what I understand is a once a year lump sum to pay for books, uniforms etc
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